NETGEAR WG102NA manual Repeater with Wireless Client Association

NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point WG102 Reference Manual

Repeater with Wireless Client Association

In this mode, the WG102 Access Point sends all traffic to the remote AP. For repeater mode, you must enter the MAC address of the remote “parent” access point. You can also enter the address of the “child” access point. Note that the following restrictions apply:

•You do not have the option of disabling client associations with this WG102.

•You cannot configure a sequence of parent/child APs. You are limited to only one parent/child AP pair.

The figure below shows an example of a Repeater Mode configuration.

AP 1

Parent AP in Repeater Mode

Wireless PC	Wireless PC
Associated with AP 21
	Associated with AP 2
	AP 2
Router	Child AP in Repeater Mode
Internet
192.168.0.1
PCs	Wireless PC
	Associated with AP 2

Figure 4-7

To set up a repeater with wireless client association, follow the steps below:

1.Configure the Operating Mode of the WG102 Access Points.

•Configure AP 1 on LAN Segment 1 as the Parent in Repeater mode with the its own MAC address in the Parent AP MAC Address field, and the MAC Address of the ‘downstream’ AP (AP 2) in the Child AP MAC Address field.

•Configure AP 2 in the Child Repeater mode with its MAC addresses as in the Child AP MAC Address field and the MAC address of the ‘upstream’ AP (AP 1) in the Parent MAC Address field.

2.Verify the following for all access points:

Advanced Configuration 4-7

v1.0, July 2008